Mark E. Bryant (born September 29, 1956) is an American politician.
Born in
Rumford, Maine
Rumford is a town in Oxford County, Maine, United States. The population was 5,858 at the 2020 census. Rumford is home to both ND Paper Inc's Rumford Mill and the Black Mountain of Maine ski resort.
History
Originally called New Pennacook ...
, Bryant received his associate degree in comport science from
Andover College in 1983. He lives in
Windham, Maine
Windham is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. The population was 18,434 at the 2020 census. It includes the villages of South Windham and North Windham. It is part of the Portland– South Portland– Biddeford, Maine Metropol ...
. Bryant worked as a toll collector for the
Maine Turnpike Authority
Interstate 95 (I-95) in the US state of Maine is a highway running from the New Hampshire state line in Kittery, to the Canadian border in Houlton. It is the only two-digit Interstate Highway in Maine. In 2004, the highway's route between P ...
and as a papermaker for Sappi Fine Paper Company. Bryant is involved with the
Maine Democratic Party
The Maine Democratic Party is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the U.S. state of Maine.
After the Civil War, Democrats were a minor player in a political scene dominated by the Republican Party. However, during the 1950s, Edmund Muskie ...
. From 2004 to 2013 and then from 2015 to the present time, Bryant served in the
Maine House of Representatives.
He is the elder brother of fellow Democratic politician
Bruce Bryant, who served as a Maine state senator. In 2007, they discovered that Republican State Senator
Paula Benoit – who was adopted as a baby – is their aunt.
References
1956 births
Living people
People from Rumford, Maine
People from Windham, Maine
Democratic Party members of the Maine House of Representatives
21st-century American politicians
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